When you find yourself overwhelmed by the prospect of a huge project, the wrong thing to do is to procrastinate. To put things off. In my case, that always leads to stress and a mental block. We all know there are times when stress is good. It powers you up through a short time crisis. […]
Authentic living By Ada Ireland You want me to live an ordinary life? You want me tame my true nature? You want me to keep my cravings, My wishes, dreams and needs In a prison made of subjective standards and rules? Why would I do that? Every part of me rebels at the idea […]
Your soul is beautiful By Ada Ireland I noticed you first In my small, candle-lit room. The darker it got, The better I saw you. I was surprised when you said Your soul was dark and buried deep. I wondered … Should I laugh at your ignorance? Are you really that blind to the […]
What are you looking for? By Ada Ireland What was it that you wanted? I was so happy to finally meet you That I started showing you everything I had Instead of asking you first: “What are you looking for?” Forgive me for getting so excited and overwhelming you. Let’s start over. What are […]
Match my darkness By Ada Ireland The darker you get The better you match my own darkness. Is that news to you? Does it make you want to pull out, Or are you glad you came in? If you’re staying, Please make yourself comfortable. I want to learn everything.
My brain and You: It’s Physics 101 By Ada Ireland Sometimes I try really hard To put you out of my mind So I could focus on other things, Yet, minutes later, you’re back. It’s not because you sneaked back in. (That is just wishful thinking!) It’s not because my brain is corrupt Or […]
Ignorance is not an excuse for being (acting) stupid or intolerant, but neither is knowledge. That’s just a small thought that came to me based on all the reading and thinking I’ve been doing lately.
I’m angry but I want to kiss you By Ada Ireland You make me so angry sometimes, All I wanna do is tell you, “Go to hell!” What’s the use though? I can’t live without you. Why send you away When I know fully well That, once I calmed down, I’d go to hell […]
This is a short poem I had fun with. It started out on a serious note, but then I couldn’t help adding my brand of humor to its ending. After my poem I put a quote from Leonard Cohen’s Better. Perfect illustration of how I feel about my own writing. Light up that fire By […]
Sometimes I write because I feel like it. The rest of the time I write because I absolutely have to. This is one of the “must-write-it-out” times. It took me five minutes to write the following verses. I love the end result. (Please don’t call me out on my lack of humility, if you can […]
Ada Ireland is a pen name I came up with for myself. Unashamed Writing is a name I came up with for my blog.
The pen name is fake. The writing on this blog is real ... as close to real and truthful as I can get it to be. Read More